Arizona silver belt. [volume] (Globe City, Pinal County, Ariz.) 1878-19??, 1887-09-03

a w R1iN NAtSAiNiitfst W tiAttt ltlNtf@c
/ IA the ticda, ciFeI all apology for aag
ippettssiions Chat my eSist ~ the
laws, ang excuse themselves therefor
on the gg6und 81 lack of time il wliieh
ia make careful preparation il thaf
work This slack 81 time Il the one
great error Chat the Legislature com
mitted in providing iot reyisioa 81
the statutes, ana Is serious flaw EN-.
counterod throughout the Code
The codes of all the STATES are sub
stliutions for the common law of En-
gland which, 10 All ITS intrioacie,, has
been 50 often clearly and distinctly
eXpounded that its principles are well
settled and admit Of no double con-
strpction, 1t therefore requwB no
explanation to see that any pro, ision
of law which takes the place Of that
common law should be clearly defined
and explained in the statutes, " Words
that have received b certain, daimite
legal meaning under common law rul-
ings, too ofteR in codes are replace by
other words and terms that can lave
many conflicting definitions, aud hus
raise vexatious and costly htigatioa.
And It is always this lack Of tirae'
that lies at the foundation Of these
faults. The haste demanded gives the
law-maser little opportunity to en.
large definition Or more clearly state
3 principle, and SO everything that
should be explicitly expressed is sac-
ridoed to the fewest possible words,
without thought Of their legal adapta-
bility 10 the subject, This mistake is
apparent on almost every page of eur
Revised Statutes, The law makers
bad no time given them in which to
make careful preparation Of the pro-
visions they framed, and the language
Is as terse and concise as II II possible
to be, The book may be good oae
for the legal fraternity, but Eor sbe
people it viii daily prove ityslf a
failure.
Very many newspapers arc stitl in,
dulging in fulsome panegeric of Cap
tain Lawton for his alleged capture of
Geronimo, when IL fact It Was not 4
CGpture, but the result Of an arrange
ment on the part cf General Miles,
executed BY Lieut. Charles B. Gate
wood, 9Th Cavalry. Geronimo had
outwittod and out-legged Lawton tor
months, as well as Others IN pursuit of
him, ana until the happy eypedient OF
more pacific measures were adopted
and entered upou Lieut. Gatewsod,
then al Fort Apache, auder special IN
structions, essayed 70 find Geronimo
in sonora, ia which he was successfal,
and had a conference With bin before
Lawton appeared in Geropimos camp.
Captain Lawton, lis true, Is brave
and energetic officer, but that Il uo
reason why no should have the credit
justly due Lieut.. Gatewood and others
who are eqaally entitled to credit for
untiring efforts 10 the pursuit ot ;c-
ronimo. The march Of Lawton's ctm.
mand IN pursuit Of 282o miles. as
given in the N. ". Times, rejects m pre-
credit on the Willy Apache than II dles
to Lawton. as I.awtons commaad was
not the only troop in pursuit winch
Geronimo was forced 10 oQt-trayel al
eyaae. The Tines also says eBut
Troop B I,awton II only one hard
working portion Of a hard working
regiment Its record for two years i
beaten BY Troop X, which marched
3,0ll miles, and Il nearly approached
~ Troops D, !, Q, and +, which
marched respectively 2,ls0, 2,128,
4 $50, and ! ,026 miles in the aggregate.
ia fact, Of the eleven troops 81 the reg
iment serving in Arizona, the lowest
record for the two years was made by
Troop NJ, 1,1l8 niles, and of this
amount 1909 miles wa done last year,
The aggregate d distances thus
marched BY the regiment was n asa
miles, and the average per troop 1858. I,